Researchers uncover causes of MilitarySingles.com hack
A common web application vulnerability, poor detection capabilities and a lack of adequate encryption led to the recent hack of MilitarySingles.com, according to research performed by security firm Imperva.
In March, the popular military dating site sustained a security breach carried out by hackers calling themselves "LulzSec Reborn," resulting in the dumping of personal information belonging to 170,000 members. The data included names, usernames, passwords, and IP addresses.
Following the breach, an unidentified administrator for ESingles Inc., the parent company of MilitarySingles.com, posted a comment on a website that records data breaches denying the attack ever occurred. However, security firm Imperva believes the break-in certainly happened, based on analysis of the published booty and the hijacked website.
